That is, while the Hereford family and the dark elves of the south are fighting fiercely, ready to let go of their hands, the war between the old and new sects in the empire has also entered a new stage. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

With the defection of the Duchy of Jutland, Lotteria and Franconia, the Imperial Army launched the Second Battle of Franconia, intending to break through the passage with the Duchy of Berne. Without the aid of the Britons, the demoralized Franconian army was beaten by the Imperial army and disarmed. The men, women, and children of the Sarian family are nimble on their legs. After hearing a little bit of wind and grass at the front, they fled as fast as they could.

They don't dare to surrender once. It's not that I don't want to, but I can't. The older Kalman IV gets, the more angry he becomes. He was tired of the capricious dross. If it falls into his hands, then it will be difficult to die.

The Sarian family fled north in a hurry and fled to Frisia in one go. It seems that he went to cry to the Qin Court.

The Britons don't like these guys either. But considering the next action, there may be a place to use them, so he also pinched his nose and contained the garbage. And comforted a little. It shows that in the future, as long as the Briton army prepares well, they can return to Franconia, and they will still support the Sarian family to continue to rule the Franconian kingdom.

Although, the Sarian family themselves don't quite believe that there is such a good thing in the world that is not earned for nothing. But the situation has developed to such an extent that they can't help but not believe it. The guys put up a sign in Rotterdam that said the government-in-exile. Then, he settled in Frisia.

Fortunately, these guys still have a way back, and the banks in Frisia and Briton are all their deposits. In addition, the Bretons still have the mentality to take advantage of them, so their life in Frisia is not bad. Although it is said that as a royal family, the hegemony that is said to be one is gone, but the dignity of being a high-ranking nobleman is still there. The group was also more at ease.

Thus ended the Second Battle of Franconia. The battle ended in a complete victory for the Imperial Army. After the reoccupation of Franconia, the Imperial Army did not carry out large-scale burning and looting, as the outside world had speculated. There is no policy of mass murder, as in Jutland.

Although low-intensity killings and looting are inevitable, they are also the norm in desperation. The vast majority of mercenaries, as well as the new conscripts, are mercenaries who see war as an opportunity to make a fortune. The military discipline of these guys naturally does not dare to compliment. However, even if this is the case, this is already a very good, very rare benevolence.

The reason why the Swabian family wanted to do this was to make the Kingdom of Franconia its own basic property.

A series of recent events - Lombardy, the proximity of the Carpathians to the Herefords, and the rise of the Herefords, the creation of the North Central Region, the threat to the northern part of the Great Moravian Kingdom, etc., as well as the menacing Protestant Union......

All this shows one thing, that is, the Swabian family will be very passive in the next situation in the human world. The loss of teachers and land is inevitable.

The aged Kalman IV had prepared for the worst. That is the loss of the Carpathian kingdom, the loss of the ruling power of Lombardy. At the same time, the territory of Moravia in the north, he could also consider giving it to the Hereford family in order to appease this increasingly greedy guy.

In this case, he naturally wanted to work for the benefit of the Swabian family.

It's as if William, seeing that he couldn't find any new benefits within the empire, shifted his strategic focus to the East. The Swabian family, Kalman IV, also changed tactics. Since you can't make a profit in the above areas, look elsewhere. And looking around, there is only the Franconian Kingdom, the distance, the size and length, and the degree of bullying are the most suitable.

In that case, it would be a shame that they would not annex the Kingdom of Franconia and bring it under the control of the Swabians in order to increase their power.

That's it, in the next territorial distribution, the Bernese simply acquired the part of Franconia bordering them, the mountainous regions of little value. More, more affluent, the vast majority of Franconian territory was laughed at by the Swabians.

It is even said that such a way of territorial distribution did not satisfy Kalman IV.

If it weren't for the fact that the Bernese were too important, one of the few allies in the empire at present, and the Duke of Bern still had a few thousand mountain infantry with good combat effectiveness in his hands, then it would be impossible to say that they would not get a single hair, but would have become another Swabian family who wanted to annex them.

Rao was so, and the Bernese were not satisfied. This is far from what Kalman IV had promised them before. If it weren't for the Emperor's solemn announcement that Bern would be elevated from a Duchy to a kingdom and that the Elector would be given the right to be an elector, then the Duke of Bern would have no choice but to return to the mountains with his group of mountain monkeys and die without following the Emperor.

But even if this is the case, it is very difficult for the emperor to order, coax, and assign these thousands of troops to be cannon fodder and fight some tough battles.

The land gained is better than nothing, and the loot is better than nothing. And as for being elevated to a kingdom, becoming an elector or something. It may be very cost-effective in peacetime. But in times of war...... Hehe.

Even the mountain monkeys of Bern have little knowledge. But after being out there for so long, they can understand some truth.

The rise of the Hereford family, in particular, deeply educated the Bernese. In this era, the status and status of the lord are important, but compared to the strength, the status and the level of the title are all false. This Bernese king, the empty title of Elector, is of no use at all in this day and age.

Now, the state of the Ostrogothic Empire is that the Son of Heaven has no seeds, and the strong soldiers and horses are strong. Today, the mountain monkeys of Bern have earned the titles of kings and electors, not for anything else, but because of the role of the thousands of mountain infantry in their hands. And if the army of Bern is not thousands, but tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, then not to mention a king, even if it is the throne of the emperor, it is not impossible to do it.

In this case, even the Swabian family said that the Bernese were not very motivated to fight. Originally, after the battle was completed, the situation that his side could obtain 30,000 troops did not happen at all. Three or four thousand troops of the Bernese did not want to move. In Franconia, however, some remnants of the defeated army were recruited. But both in terms of morale and weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness is very reluctant.

The empire after the end of this campaign. Less than 20,000 troops were obtained. Combat effectiveness improvement is better than nothing. At the same time, it also stretched its own front. To suppress the resistance of the Franconians. To pacify this region and really bring it under the control of the Empire, I don't know how much energy will be involved.

Calculate it this way. The Second Battle of Franconia, led by the emperor, can only be said to be a balance of gains and losses. Or a small gain. It is too far from the strategic goal of reversing the balance of forces between us and the enemy in an envisaged battle. The absolute strength of the Swabian family is still far inferior to that of the Britons. This war between the old and new sects is still being fought.

That is, in this case, although the emperor hates it in his heart. But he still had to continue to make a false deal with the Hereford family. Completely ignoring the fact that the Hereford family and the Lombards, who were supposed to be his vassals, were getting closer and closer to the Carpathian kingdom. Acquiesce in their alliance. And not to interfere in their war against the Dark Elves.

The proximity of the three states made Kalman IV very worried. For as soon as these three countries were united, then strategically they were semi-encircled from the east, southeast, and south against the Swabian family of Great Moravia, and against Franconia. Once the situation changes, then the Swabian family will have to face a huge dilemma of fighting on three fronts.

This made Kalman IV very anxious...... It's just that anxiety doesn't make any sense at all. The reason for the proximity of the three countries is very plausible. They do have a common interest, a common threat - that is, the dark elves. With no guarantee that the Emperor would be able to target the Dark Elves, it was no wonder that his vassals would climb the ladder and form alliances with powerful beings who could protect them.

At the same time, Kalman IV understood. Although this alliance openly claims to be directed against the Dark Elves, the Ottoman Empire. But if the situation changes, then the alliance could also turn against the Swabians at any time. But so what? The Swabians are like a battered ship. And the challenges it faces are endless wind and waves. Instead of thinking about the tsunami that will be faced later, it is better to think about how to deal with the turbulent waves in front of you.

The only consolation for Kalman IV was that William and his new allies' enemies, the Ottoman Empire, were not small. This kingdom of the dark elves was something that even Kalman IV had to deal with with all his might. William has found a good opponent for himself.

And thinking of this, Kalman IV uttered a muffled curse like Victoria, like a Brittonian, like Louis XVI of Visigothic, like an Asturian:

"It's better for these bastards to fight for a hundred years in one go, and fight for a lose-lose situation. ”